Chapter 486: Killing Chickens and Monkeys
Faced with the Du family's head of the family, who seemed to be very worried about the country and the people, and said impassionedly, Mu Tipo sneered, shook his head and said, "Why? It's very simple, because just by virtue of Du Weng's words, His Majesty will feel even more necessary to execute the King of Lanling! ”
"What Your Majesty's cousin? Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven of our Great Qi, the dignified king of a country, the King of Lanling and His Majesty have no brotherly relationship, only the difference between monarchs and ministers! But in your eyes, it seems that you all regard this Lanling King as the god of war of the Qi State, and even regard him as the savior of the Qi State, and his merits are high, which is a big taboo! Mu Tiva also said mercilessly.
"That's why Your Majesty wants to execute King Lanling? Just because the King of Lanling has made great achievements for the Qi State and is deeply respected by the soldiers of the army and the ministers of the court, His Majesty wants to execute the King of Lanling? Before His Majesty had suddenly killed the pillar of our Qi State, General Hu Luguang, and now he was going to execute the King of Lanling, when our Qi State fought against the Zhou State, and had been blocking the Zhou army in the Guanxi Three Heroes of the Qi State, except for the old General Duan who died of illness, General Hu and the King of Lanling had to die in the hands of their own loyalty to His Majesty, isn't this a big mistake in the world? The head of the Du family said excitedly.
"Du Weng, you've crossed the line!" Mu Ti Po said with a cold look in her eyes, which made the head of the Du family shudder!
"Didn't the Du family say that they would never get involved in the party struggle in the court? The Du family, whose family motto is to ignore the government, how could they be so excited about His Majesty's decision? Let's not say that you are questioning Your Majesty's will, this is already a capital crime, just because your Du family has connections with so many high-ranking officials and generals of the imperial court, Your Majesty can behead your Du family for the crime of rebellion! Mutiva said fiercely.
"But don't worry, Du Weng, General Ben also said just now, this time I didn't come to your Du family to ask for guilt! After all, your Du family is also a big family with deep roots in the Qi Kingdom, and Your Majesty will not believe that your Du family has the intention of rebellion so rashly! However, Your Majesty believes in your Du family, but he is not at ease with King Lanling, because he is not only from the royal family, but his father was also posthumously named Emperor Wenxiang by the first emperor, and he also holds military power, and he has a very high prestige in the army! Mutiva said coldly.
"Like Hu Luguang, it doesn't matter whether they really rebel or not, the important thing is that if they want to rebel, they can rebel at any time! Isn't it precisely because you Du family and those ministers who tend to be inflammatory, that they will approach them because they have taken a fancy to the power in their hands, so that after they are successful, you can continue to enjoy the high-ranking officials, glory and wealth? Mutipa said with disdain.
Sure enough, hearing that Mu Tipo pointed out his Du family's political opportunism so bluntly, showing loyalty to Emperor Gao Wei on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was talking to the ministers and generals of the court everywhere, the head of the Du family also became silent, and looked at Mu Tipo speechless with a complicated expression.
"Well, General Ben is right, right? Du Youxin, the sister-in-law of your Du family, estimated that it was precisely for this reason that he would go to unite with King Lanling, and then let King Lanling's deputy general, Wei Xiangyuan, pretend to be Du Youxin's identity, follow your Du family's caravan, and lurk in Jinling City to ambush General Xiao! After the failure of this ambush, although you quickly made Du Youxin commit suicide and apologize, gag everyone's mouths, and quickly quell this dispute, you can't hide the fact that Gao Changgong colluded with you! Mu Ti Po looked at the head of the Du family with a smug face, and said half threatening and half coaxing.
"What does General Mu want our Du family to do?" The head of the Du family softened, although their Du family is rich and rivals the country, and they also have a very broad connection, but now standing in front of them is the emperor of the Qi country, judging from the current situation, their Du family still can't compete with the emperor, and this emperor is still a person who kills people without scruples, even the high-ranking Hu Luguang, as long as it threatens his throne, he will not hesitate to kill him!
"It's not that General Ben wants your Du family to do something, but Your Majesty doesn't want to see your Du family make any moves in this matter of Gao Changgong! Not to mention that Gao Changgong is most likely the murderer behind the assassination of General Xiao in the streets, and the assassination of the envoy of Chen who came to Qi for armistice peace talks, which is a capital crime in itself! Just because he was a general with military power before, but he colluded with your Du family in private, this crime is enough for His Majesty to put him to death! But now His Majesty only wants Gao Changgong's life, and does not want to involve your Du family and the ministers in the court, which is why General Ben is alone today, instead of bringing an army to your Du Mansion! Your Majesty's kindness, I hope that Du Weng will not live up to Your Majesty's holy grace! Mu Ti Po persuaded with the appearance of a kind person.
"Has Your Majesty made up your mind to kill King Lanling?" The head of the Du family became very disappointed and confirmed.
"That's right! The king of Lanling must die! It's just that Your Majesty doesn't want to have such an annoying situation when you were forced to ask questions by the ministers of the court frantically when you killed Hu Luguang, so you asked General Ben to come over to visit your Du family today, and let you stay aside and watch the play, but don't involve yourself! Mutipa warned.
"Alas, I didn't expect that King Lanling I was famous, invincible on the battlefield, and made great achievements for the Qi country, but in the end he did not die on the battlefield, but died in the hands of His Majesty!" The head of the Du family said a little disheartened.
"Du Weng has a good relationship with King Lanling, and if he says such a contempt for His Majesty, General Ben will not pursue it, but I hope Du Weng will be cautious in the future! As a general of the Qi State, King Lanling fought on the battlefield and made military exploits, that was his duty! It's just that he thinks about things he shouldn't think about, and does things he shouldn't do, so he will end up like this, and he can't live because of his own sin, what's the pity! Mutipa said ruthlessly.
"And do you really think that we don't know what you've been plotting all along, in this invisible place in Yecheng? Your Majesty can tolerate your corruption and perversion of the law, and you can also tolerate your private correspondence, but you will never tolerate your coveting Your Majesty's imperial power! Killing a Lanling King who has a very high prestige in your hearts, won't it play a role in killing chickens and monkeys! Mutiva said murderously.
The selfish Mu Deva would not bother to think about it, if Gao Changgong died, there would be great turmoil in the military spirit of the Qi army, leading to a crisis in the Qi country! His current purpose is to solve Gao Changgong as soon as possible, and not to cause turmoil in the Qi court, so that he can not only complete the task assigned to him by Xiao Yao, but also solve the heart problem for Emperor Gao Wei, killing two birds with one stone!
After talking with the head of the Du family, Mu Tipo left the Du Mansion, and then returned to the palace with a proud face to report the harvest to Gao Wei, which made Gao Wei very happy!
Because as long as the Du family is stabilized, it means that more than half of the ministers in the court are stabilized, and even if Gao Changgong is suddenly executed by himself, there will not be much turmoil in the court of Qi, and the entire Yecheng will be a peaceful and stable situation!